The Clandestine Life of Roberto Saviano
The Atlantic catches up in New York with the celebrated author of Gomorrah and ZeroZeroZero.
In 2006, Italian crime journalist Roberto Saviano unleashed Gomorrah, a detailed account of the Italian mafia in Naples. Next month, the English translation of his follow-up book ZeroZeroZero arrives. This one is all about the Mexican and Colombian drug cartels that control the international cocaine trade.
In between, Saviano spent five years living under armed escort in Italy before relocating to New York in 2011. For a piece in the July/August issue of The Atlantic, associate editor William Brennan met up with Saviano at the offices of the author’s American publisher, Penguin:
Italian authorities, working with the NYPD and the FBI, have established strict rules for Saviano’s life in New York.
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